Doh! That was wallpaper!?
I’m not looking for help per se, but just curious what someone would do in this situation. I was about to repaint a room in my new home and as I was chipping away at some peeling paint and getting ready for a quickie spackle job – gasp!- the entire wall started to peel away….
I’m not looking for help per se, but just curious what someone would do in this situation.
I was about to repaint a room in my new home and as I was chipping away at some peeling paint and getting ready for a quickie spackle job – gasp!- the entire wall started to peel away.
So it looks like there was old wallpaper there, which had been painted over a few times. It’s peeling off very quickly but leaving behind an even layer of gross old adhesive.
So my question is – would you sand the whole wall and then paint the walls OR rewallpaper the room (about 10 x 10).
If I do wallpaper, do I still have to get rid of the old adhesive on the walls?
P.S. I’m under a time line and need this room ready in about a week.
I’ll second the scraper.
It takes a LOT of work but is worth the effort to clean it completely. I used Mex, hot water, a steamer, scrapers & a ton of elbow grease since some methods worked well in one area but not in another. Some areas come off easily & some are really recalcitrant.
Make sure you use a very good fast drying stain blocking enamel based primer. I would prime before doing any patching, skim coating ect. as soon as the walls have dried out. Make sure you clean up the molding after.
I’ve never had a problem with just warm water and a scraper and sponge. Sometimes a razor scraper comes in handy too. Just make sure you keep the water warm.
mex cleaner…takes a lot of srubbing w/ a scotch pad, a lot of rinsing w/ a big sponge, and a fair amount of scraping w/ a 6″ plastic scraper, but it works..ive done it numerous times
http://www.ugl.com/maintenanceRepairSpecialties/maintenanceAndRepair/mex.php
I just ran into the same problem, except mine is leaving paper behind too (100yr old probably)… I think we’ll be forced to go the 1/4 sheetrock route unless others here have better solutions? It is multiple rooms and walls – three floors! I don’t think the enzyme will help, and eman1234, what is Mex? other ideas?
I believe DIF makes a liquid wallpaper stripper that has an enzyme to dissolve the paste. The same company sells a tool for removing the paper, it should be near by the stripper. If memory serves me correctly it is called a paper shark.
cover with 1/4″ sheetrock
buy a box of mex at the local hardware store, mix it with water, and scrub the walls clean of adhesive. patch, pime and paint